Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose,
has frowned upon the persistent harassment of Nigerians by the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), describing the continued
detention without trial of Mr. Warimopei Dudafa, a former Special
Assistant on Domestic Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, and
invasion of the Abuja residence of former Minister of Aviation, Chief
Femi Fani-Kayode, as irresponsible, barbaric and undemocratic.
Fayose said it was the height of
executive rascality for the EFCC to have held occupants of Fani-Kayode’s
residence hostage for eight hours despite that he was only invited to
come to the EFCC office on Monday and there was no evidence that
Fani-Kayode refused to honour the EFCC invitation.
According to the governor’s Special
Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, “EFCC
under President Mohammadu Buhari is acting as if it is above the law and
Nigerians and the international community must remind the commission
that we are in a democracy where rule of law is sacrosanct.”
The governor said actions of the EFCC
have shown clearly that it was instrument of victimisation against
oppositions in the country, adding the anti-graft agency should go and
study how other anti-corruption agencies in other countries behave.
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